Added 10 October 2026
woeful
/ˈwəʊfəl/ adjective
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- Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
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Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
a woeful event
- Lamentable, deplorable.
Origin
From Middle English woful, waful, equivalent to woe + -ful. Compare Old English wālīċ (“woeful”), Old English tēonful (“woeful”).
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